The accused denies authorship of XXXTentacion’s death and claims that the victim would have been the target of criminal action because he had an argument with Drake
Dedrick Williamsaccused of murder XXXTentacion in 2018, he asked the Justice to dragon be heard by the court. The All Hip Hop portal was given access to parts of the trial. According to the website, the suspect denies the crime and claims the rapper was killed because he had a fight with Drake.
In the petition delivered by the defendant’s lawyer, Mauricio Padilla, it is argued that Drake’s testimony is essential to “prevent any failure of justice”. Padilla acknowledges that the fact that the witness is a world-famous rapper can complicate a court hearing, but he says he is a key player in the investigation.
The defense attorney points to the music as one of the proofs of Drake’s involvement in XXXTentacion’s death On BS, released this year by the singer. In one line he sings, “If he’d kept his mouth shut inhabitmaybe he’d still be alive.” Padilla claims the killing was ordered after the victim accused Drake of plagiarism.
Furthermore, the defendant requests to hear Dj Akademiks. The DJ was called to testify on October 26, but did not appear in court. The justice officials reported that they had gone to the witness’ home and despite the movement of people inside the room and cars parked on the street, no one responded.
In your podcasts, Dj Akademiks admitted that he was summoned by Justice, but said he will not testify of his own free will. The defense argued that the current defendant does not have the financial structure to finance attempts to bring the DJ to the booth and asked that he be brought to trial coercively. “It would be an unnecessary financial burden, like him [Dj Akademiks] I have already said publicly that I will not voluntarily participate in the trial.”
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